Eye mounting for dolls



Jan. 12, 1932. M CESARE EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Jan. 16, 1931 Patented Jan. 12, 1.932

MAT'TEO DE CESARE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 PATENT IMPROVEL IVIENT CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N; Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK EYE MOUNTING r013. DOLLS Application filed. January 16, 1931. Serial No. 509,196.

Thisinvention relates topaired doll eye set supporting devices and more particularly to partially rotatable eyes adapted to assume a position simulative of sleep when the doll islain in a recumbent position.

Doll eyes'may be made of metal, glass,

porcelain or other material, and are of assorted sizes to suit the'heads to which they are fitted. Y

' -The heads are usually molded of a wood flour composition in different sizes with short and long necks, open at their lower ends, and

a pair of eye sockets to receive the eyes'from withinthe head space.

The eye sockets may vary in the distance stalled.

Having these matters in mind it has been an object of the present invention to provide 1 a doll eyese-t support having-efficient means for attachment readily assembled without the use of special tools and appliances.

A further feature is in the provision of a substantially self adjusting support whereby both eyes are centered with respect to their socket-sautomaticall'y and held under uni form tension therein, any considerable deviation from accuracy being readily adjusted and compensated for.

Another aim is to produce an essentially s1mple, cheap and effect1v'e support, com' 'bined with actuating "means, stops and silencer-0f practical merit and novelty, a single mountbeing applicable'to severalsizes of dolls. 1 These advantageous aims and objects are achieved by the novel construction, combinaface of-the plate.

tion and arrangement of few and simple I parts'as hereinafter described and illustrated in the annexed drawings, constltutmg a material component of this disclosure and in which g a I Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional type of doll head, showing an embodiment of theinvention as applied, the section being taken substantially on line 1+1 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a similar sectional view of the same, taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1 showing the 'set and its support in rear elevation.

able eye pivot and its support.

- Figure 4 is a similar view showing a modified form of support member. 7 I

Figure 5 is a part elevational viewof the 1 eye space adjusting and actuating device.

Figure 6 is'a sectional view of the gravity and cushion device, takenon line 6-6 of Figure 5. v

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of a metal eye as connected with one ofthe arms of the device shown in Figure 3.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings, a. commontype of doll head is generally designated by the numeral 10, having a throat opening 11 and spaced eye sockets 12.

In the present embodiment it is preferred to increase the usual substantially uniform thickness of the wall at a'point centrally of and at the bottom of the throat opening to constitute an interior. abutment 13, adapted to receive a clamp screw 14, the head of whichis conveniently accessible from the bottom of Y the head.

Held rigidly against the inner face of the abutment, bythe screw 14, is thelower end of a narrow-plate 15 of sheet metal, its main upper extending'portion being inclined forwardly and having in its'length an open loop 16 directed towards the front. V

The plate is sheared above the loop to produce two rearwardly extending lugs 1718,

spaced one above the other, each provided with slots.1920 registering with the rear l A narrowed extension 21- of the .plate is bent at an anglerearwardly to constitute a Figure 3 is a' perspectlveview of adjuststop arm 22, and attached to the front of the plate is a raised outstanding arm 23, curved convexly at its free upper end to contact with the interior of the head at a point between the eye sockets, acting as a guide to prevent lateral movement of the mount.

A pair of eyes 25, suited to the sockets 12, contain axial openings in their adjacent sides by which they are mounted on the oppositely extending end portions 26 of a wire bent into the elements 27 of a loop adjustably received in the lug slots 1920, below which the end of the loop is expanded, as at 28, after assembly to prevent withdrawal.

The pear shaped inner portions of the eyes 25 have rigidly set in them wires 30, bent downwardly at substantially right angles, as at 31, this wire passing through corresponding openings in lugs 32 formed'on the upper extremities of actuating arms 33-83, the lower ends of the wires passing through per forations in the arms, thence to be turned reentrantly and clinched on the rear sides, at 34.

The arms 33-33 have essentially parallel upper portions, offset inwardly therebelow and connected at their lower ends by a tubular rivet 36.

At a point adjacent the rivet are inreaching pads 3737, one preferably having a slot 38 through which is passed a clamp screw 39 to engage in the other pad, thereby to hold the arms in adjustment; obviously other connecting means may be substituted if desired.

On the inner edges of the arms are forwardly extending lugs iO lO through which is passed a wire 41, having bent ends to act as a limit stop for separation of the arms and also to contact the stop arm 22 when the doll is disposed horizontally on its back.

The tubular rivet 36 is also used to connect a weight 42 by which the eyes are moved into a closed position when the doll is lain down, and set in the opening of the rivet 36, to extend forwardly, is a bundle of fibres 43 to act as a bumper or cushion when the doll is erect, eliminating the noise of contact of the gravity actuated weight.

The modified form of mount, seen in Figure 4, consists of a similar plate 45, having a loop 46 and stop arm 47, corresponding to the parts shown in Figure 3, as is also a spring leaf 48 attached to the front of the plate.

A lug 50 is raised from the front of the plate, pierced to receive loop 51 formed centrally in a wire 52 on which the eyes 25 are pivoted, tl is wire being mounted loosely in bearings 58 on the upper edge of the plate laterally of the arm 47.

In Figure 7 there is sh own a form. of metal eye shell 50 having a pivot opening 51 for the wire 26 and an integral extending arm 52 connected to one of the arms 3333 by passing through perforations therein, as previ ously described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the eyes 25 may be moved towards and from each other limited by the adjustment of the support arms 3333 that they may be raised and lowered by adjusting the loop members 27, which also permits the eyes to automatically adjust themselves angularly to the socket.

The loop 16 may be made of such length as to raise and lower the eyes 25, thus permitting the use of a single mount with dolls of varying sizes.

The spring arm 23 prevents the eyes from entering the sockets to an undesirable extent and obviously the weight l2 moves the eyes in accordance with the position of the doll, limited by the stop 22.

The entire device is attached to an easy and convenient manner by a single screw and the several parts automatically assume their proper operative positions with little or no effort on part of the assembler.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple device for this purpose has been disclosed in the preferred form of its embodiment but it is not desired to restrict the details to the exact construction shown, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made without conflicting with the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rolling eye set mount comprising a plate having upper and lower projecting lugs containing slots and a perforation in its lowor portion, a screw passing through the perforation to rigidly secure the lower end of said plate within the throat of a doll at the lower front portion thereof, a wire on which the eyes are axially pivoted, a loop formed in said wire engaged in the slots of said lugs, an adjustable connection between said eyes, a weight attached to said connection and a stop limiting the movement of said connection.

2. A rolling eye set'mount comprising a plate having upper and lower projecting lugs containing slots, means passing through the lower end of said plate to rigidly secure the plate to the inner front portion of the lower end of the doll head, means for changing the operative length of said plate, a stop formed on said plate, a wire on which the eyes are freely mounted, a loop in said wire freely enin the slots of said lugs, and gravity means to actuate said eyes on said wire within the limit of said stop.

3. A mount for a rolling eye set for dolls com arising in combination with a doll head havingan open throat and eyesocket, of an abutment formed within said throat at its bottom along the front thereof, a plateauchored rigidly on said abutment, said plate extending upwardly in the head, an open loop midway the length of said plate, an arm extending rearwardly from said plate, a spring guide attached to the front of said plate to contact the interior of said head between the eye sockets, a pivot on which said eyes are mounted to turn axially in a horizontal plane, means on said plate to loosely carry said pivot and gravity means to actuate said eyes on said pivot within the limit of said arm. I

4. In a mount for doll eye pairs having an axial support, each of said eyes having wires rigidly extending rearwardly therefrom, a pair of arms in which said wires are fixed at their upper ends, a tubular rivet connecting the lower opposite ends of said arms, and means for clampingsaid arms in adjustment.

5. In a mount for doll eye pairs having an axial support, each individual eye having a wire fixed therein extending rearwardly therefrom, a pair of arms in which said wires are fixed at their upper ends, a tubular rivet connecting the lower opposite ends of said arms, a weight held by said rivet, and means to retain said arms in fixed position when said eyes are properly adjusted.

6. In a mount for doll eye pairs having an axial support, and wires extending rearwardly therefrom, a pair of arms in which extend outwardly from said rivet, a weight therein, means for. changing the operative length of said plate, a pivot wire on which the pair of eyes are adjustably mounted, a loop in said wire, and means on sa1d plate engaging said loop whereby the eyes are rendered universally self adjustable to their sockets.

11. In a doll eye mount, a plate fixed 1n the bottom of a doll head to extend upwardly therein, means for changing the operative length of said plate, means to maintain saidlaterally andvertically, whereby each eye is self conformable to its socket. V

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connected by said rivet, and means for limit ing the distance apart of said arms.

7. In a mount for doll eye pairs having an axial support, and wires extending rearwardly therefrom, a pair of arms in which said wires are fixed at their upper ends, lugs on said arms, a rod carried by said lugs, a pivot connecting the lower ends of said arms, a weight engaged by said pivot, and an arm on said support contactible with said rod to limit the rearward movement of said weight.

8. In a mount for doll eye pairs, a plate rigidly secured at its lowerend within the lowermost front portion of a doll head, a spring strip fixed to said plate to contact the interior of the head at a'point midway between the eyes thereof, a wire having opposed alined end portions enterable axially into the pair of eyes, a loop in said wire between said end portions, said loop being laterally adj ustable, and means on the upper end of said plate to receive said loop.. 7

9. In a doll eye mount, a plate fixed in the bottom of a doll head to extend upwardly therein, means for changing the operative length of said plate, a pivot wire engaging the axes of an eye pair, and connections between said wire and plate whereby the eyes are automatically adjusted to their sockets.

10. In a doll eye mount, a plate fixed in the bottom of a doll head to extend upwardly V 

